Friday, June 30, 2017

"[I]t is one thing to grant an exception in response to an
out-of-the-ordinary situation on a one-time-only basis -- for
reasons rooted in the government's authorizing mission -- and it
is another to issue wholesale permissions for large swaths of the
population to defy law on an ongoing basis when that basis does not
stem from the government's function." -- Tara Smith, in
"Religious
Liberty or Religious License? Legal Schizophrenia and the Case against
Exemptions" (PDF, 2016) at The Journal of Law and Politics,
Vol. 32.

"As long as our political and economic systems allow humans to freely
think, experiment, and innovate, we can continue to find new ways to
improve the quality of health care and the quality of human life."
-- Paul Hsieh, in "Three
Novel Health Care Innovations" at Forbes.

My Two Cents

Although the complementary
Smith pieces listed above appear in academic journals, they are
clearly-written and quite accessible to laymen. They are also very
interesting and, most important, highly relevant to understanding
current debates about the relationship between church and state. They
are both long, but I highly recommend them.